Key points
- India has undertaken unilateral, politically motivated, and highly provocative actions in violation of international law: Dar
- Steps of India represent a calculated attempt to escalate regional tension and divert attention from India’s internal challenges: Dar
- UNSC to take serious cognisance of these developments: Dar
- Systematic violations of human rights in IIOJK are a matter of international concern: Dar
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has written a letter to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) inviting urgent attention to the current situation that poses a grave threat to global peace and security in South Asia.
In the letter, Ishaq Dar stated that over the past few days, India has undertaken unilateral, politically motivated, and highly provocative actions in violation of international law, established diplomatic norms and bilateral agreement.
He said that these steps of India represent a calculated attempt to escalate regional tension and divert attention from India’s internal challenges, including its record of state-sponsored terrorism and ongoing human rights violation in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
Violations of human rights
Dar said that Pakistan firmly rejects the baseless allegations that India has sought to advance in the backdrop of recent developments. He said it is deeply regrettable that India continues to rely on a familiar pattern, leveling allegations without evidence to jeopardising peace and security in South Asia.
He expressed deep concern over India’s decision to hold in abeyance the Indus Water Treaty of 1960.
He said that it is incumbent upon the international community especially the UNSC to take serious cognizance of these developments. He said that the unresolved Jammu and Kashmir dispute remains the main source of volatility in South Asia. He further said that India’s illegal occupation and its systematic violations of human rights in IIOJK are a matter of international concern. He further said that there is an urgent need to resolve the issue of Kashmir in accordance with the relevant UNSC resolutions and the aspiration of the Kashmiri people.
